Specials

Special Dutch Submarine special operations in World War II

These lists are not definite, so additions and corrections are welcome at webmaster@dutchsubmarines.com.
Patrols, escort duties, broken off attacks and convoy duties are not listed. They are listed on the boats pages.

Also check the aces list and the attacks in WWII list.

 

The following abbreviations are used in the 'result' column: S = Successful, U = Unsuccessful.

1940 - 1945
Date	Submarine	Commander	Type	Area	Result	Info
23 Mar '43	O 24	Ltz. I  W.J. de Vries	Recon	Sandy Islands	?	X
24 Apr '43	O 21	Ltz. I  J.F. van Dulm	Recon	Bay of Sabang, Sumatra	?	X
15 May '43	O 24	Ltz. I  W.J. de Vries	Recon	Bay of Sabang, Sumatra	?	X
25 May '43	Dolfijn (1)	Ltz. I  H.M.L.F.E. van Oostrom Soede	Recon	Bay of Santa Maria, Ustica	S	X
2 Apr '44	K XIV	Ltz. I  J.F. Drijfhout van Hooff	Recon	Flying Fish Cove and Waterfall Bay, Christmas Island	?	X
19 Feb '44	K XV	Ltz. I  Baron C.W.Th. van Boetzelaer	Photo-recon	Christmas Island	?	X
31 Aug '44	Zwaardvisch (1)	Ltz. I  H.A.W. Goossens	Recon	Christmas Island	?	X
1 -2 Sep '44	O 19	Ltz. I  A. van Karnebeek	Recon	Emma harbour, Sumatra	?	X
1 Aug '45	O 21	Ltz. I  F.J. Kroesen	Recon	South coast of Java	?	X
5 Aug '45	O 23	Ltz. I  A.M. Valkenburg	Recon	South coast of Java	?	X

 

 

The following abbreviations are used in the 'result' column: S = Successful, U = Unsuccessful.

1940 - 1945
Date	Submarine	Commander	Number of mines	Area	Result	Hits	Info
3 Jan '45	O 19	Ltz. I  J.F. Drijfhout van Hooff	40	Off Bawean Island	S	?	X
13 Apr '45	O 19	Ltz. I  J.F. Drijfhout van Hooff	40	Bangka Strait, Sumatra	S	?	X

 

 

The following abbreviations are used in the 'type' column: L = Landed, P = Picked up, C = Contacted, T = Transferred and S = Supplied. The following abbreviations are used in the 'result' column: S = Successful and U = Unsuccessful.
NEFIS stands for NEtherlands Forces Intelligence Service.

 

1943
Date	Submarine	Commander	Operation					Info
			Shore party	Type	Agents	Area	Result
19 Jan '43	O 24	Ltz. I  W.J. de Vries	British Army, Bunkum I	L	6	Andaman Islands	S	X
6 Feb '43	K XII	Ltz. I  Th. Brunsting	NEFIS, Tiger I and II	C	-	South Coast of Java	S	X
6 Feb '43	K XII	Ltz. I  Th. Brunsting	NEFIS, Tiger III	L	1	Tapen Bay, Java	S	X
13 Feb '43	O 24	Ltz. I  W.J. de Vries	Dutch, name unknown	L	7	Lhoksemawe	U	X
21 Mar '43	O 24	Ltz. I  W.J. de Vries	British Army, Bunkum II British Army, Bunkum I	L C	- 10	Andaman Islands	S	X
22 Mar '43	O 24	Ltz. I  W.J. de Vries	British Army, Bunkum II and Bunkum I	P	Not all	Andaman Islands	S	X
24 Mar '43	O 24	Ltz. I  W.J. de Vries	British Army, Bunkum II and Bunkum I	S	-	Andaman Islands	S	X
18 Apr '43	O 21	Ltz. I  J.F. van Dulm	Two parties, both named May	L	2 x 4 Chinese	Bernah river, Java	S	X
17/19/20 Apr '43	O 24	Ltz. I  W.J. de Vries	British Army, Valour Dutch, Matriarch	L+P L+P	2 6	Troemoen, Meulaboh and Koela Trang	S	X
3 May '43	K XII	?Ltz. I  Th. Brunsting? or ? Ltz. I  J.H. Mackay?	NEFIS, Tiger IV	L	1	Bay of Pangpang, Java	S	X
4 May '43	K XII	?Ltz. I  Th. Brunsting? or ?Ltz. I  J.H. Mackay?	NEFIS, Tiger V	L	1	Bay of Pangpang, Java	S	X
6 May '43	K XII	?Ltz. I  Th. Brunsting? or ? Ltz. I  J.H. Mackay?	Various NEFIS personnel	C	-	Goa-Goa Island	U	X
24 May '43	O 24	Ltz. I  W.J. de Vries	SOE, Gustavus I	L	6	Sembilan Islands	S	X
25 Jun '43	O 23	Ltz. I  A.M. Valkenburg	SOE, Gustavus II	T	2	Off Sembilan Islands	S	X
27-29 Jul '43	O 21	Ltz. I  J.F. van Dulm	Name unknown	P	1	Off Poeloe Sempoe, Java	U	X
29 Jul '43	O 21	Ltz. I  J.F. van Dulm	Name unknown	P	1	Bay of Pangpang, Java	U	X
1 Aug '43	O 21	Ltz. I  J.F. van Dulm	NEFIS, Tiger VI	L	1	Bay of Pangpang, Java	S	X
2 Aug '43	O 21	Ltz. I  J.F. van Dulm	NEFIS, Tiger VI	P	1	Bay of Pangpang, Java	U	X
4 Aug '43	O 23	Ltz. I  A.M. Valkenburg	SOE, Gustavus III	T	4	Off Sembilan Islands	S	X
20 Sep '43	O 24	Ltz. I  W.J. de Vries	SOE, Gustavus parties Gustavus IV	C T+S	- ?	? Off Sembilan islands	S	X
2 Nov '43	O 24	Ltz. I  W.J. de Vries	SOE, Gustavus parties Gustavus V	C T+S	- ?	? Off Sembilan islands	S	X

 

1945
Date	Submarine		Operation					Info
			Shore party	Type	Agents	Area	Result
14 Jan '45	K XV	Ltz. I  Baron C.W.Th. van Boetzelaer	NEFIS, Apricot	L	10	Djiko Doped Bay, Minahassa	S	X
6,8,12,17 Feb '45:	K XV	Ltz. I  Baron C.W.Th. van Boetzelaer	NEFIS, Firetree	L	5	Soela Islands	U	X
5,7 Mar '45	K XV	Ltz. I  Baron C.W.Th. van Boetzelaer	NEFIS, Poppy	L	?	Wijnskoopbaai, Java	U	X
5 May '45	K XIV	Ltz. I  J. Smith	NEFIS, Potato	L	?	Goa-Goa Island	S	X
6 May '45	K XIV	Ltz. I  J. Smith	NEFIS, Potato	S	-	Telango Timoer Island	S	X
7 May '45	K XIV	Ltz. I  J. Smith	NEFIS, name unknown	L	4	Kemirian Island	S	X
6,7 and 8 June '45	K XV	Ltz. I  Baron C.W.Th. van Boetzelaer	NEFIS, Parsnip	L+S	?	Mandalika, Java	U	X
7 June '45	K XIV	Ltz. I  J. Smith	NEFIS, Goldfish, and supplies	L	?	Satengar	S	X
7 July '45	K XV	Ltz. I  Baron C.W.Th. van Boetzelaer	Inco I	L+S	?	Damar Islands	S	X

Also check the aces list and the attacks in WWII list.

	Home	Classes	Boats	Tenders	News	Export
	R&D	Men	Books	Pictures	Links
	Models	M-media	Specials	Forum	Search	Help US !
	Copyright © 1997-2006 - Design and content DutchSubmarines.com